His gioon thus began to be set in a specific time and place, confronting the protagonists with specific politics, issues, causes and events, regaij contrast with the timelessness of his earlier work. On pourra metre sur un cours de litterature francaise pour des non-francophones sans leur faire peur. The description at the turn of the last century is at times magnificent, lay back, easy read, full of characters yet not overcrowded, giving the reader breathing space between the lines to enjoy what is being said.

By using this site, rrgain agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Chronique de la renaissance d’un village perdu au milieu de la Haute-Provence. I remember when I was in my early 20s, hanging around NYC starving and broke, I came across a set giojo Giono’s books in a used bookstore.

They began to see a slight strip of sky between the grass and it. Giono was a pacifist, and was twice imprisoned in France at the outset and conclusion of World War II. Giono does so many gionoo things right: Giono died of a heart attack in Mass Market Paperbackpages. The first major novel of his second period to be published was Un roi sans divertissement published inand made into a successful film for which Giono himself wrote the screenplay, in Jean Giono 30 March — 8 October was a French author who wrote works of fiction mostly set in the Provence region of France.

Earth, peasants, melancholy and loneliness but joy and getting back to regaon land. Return to Book Page. Preview — Regain by Jean Giono. In structure it is a picaresque series of episodes, full of evocative descriptions of the country. Stylistically brilliant, it consists of the juxtaposed accounts of events as told by the different people affected, devoid of explanation, from which the reader must piece together the meaning.

Also as in Un Roi sans divertissementthe story is again told purely in the words of the protagonists, without the intervention of a narrator or comment from the author, regaun forcing readers to reach their own conclusions. Published August 1st by Le Livre de Poche first published This page was last edited on 3 Decemberat The novel is beautifully translated from French, bringing refain intelligent, poignant prose of a man tied to the land,adamantly staying put just when everyone desserts the village.

I had no idea who he was, but I was drawn to them by force. On voit que l’auteur aime le sujet de son roman et le traite avec soin. But “Harvest” is a gem. The path was nothing more than a tiny rill, dried up to the bone. Reggain they replenish the land, and live happily ever after so to speak.

Wikisource has original works written by or about: It seemed as if, over that great stretch, everywhere eyes were watching you and things spying on you. I’ve read 3 of his rregain now, and only liked 1, but I know I will be reading more.

The warmth of the earth stole up into your loins; the grass was all round like a warm, sheltering sheepskin.

Jean Giono: Regain (Harvest; later: Second Harvest)

Refresh and try again. The French original is Regainand this book has been published in English under the titles Harvest and Second Harvest. Qui aurait cru que j’aimerais un classique? He ultimately set it aside, no rebain considering it too derivative, and moved on to the other projects it gave rise to.

I love Jean Giono in general but I particularly like this one. Not to mention the storyline is downright boring and I had to force myself to plod along to the end.

This is a short novel by the French author who wrote The Horseman on the Roof.

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I couldn’t afford the set, which I still regret they were beautifulbut the name stuck with me.

Regain by Jean Giono

Trilogie de Pan 3. Want to Read saving…. It’s a deeply personal story that says just about everything that’s worth saying about being human.